Hi everyone,
On Friday last week, an Alpha version of Beyond Dark was privately released to a small number of testers! You can find out more about Alpha on our release overview.
Releasing this Alpha enables us to:
Hi everyone,
With the Beta still under development, and many of you understandably wondering when it will be released, we’ve put up our release overview to show where we are with the game and what’s left to complete for each release milestone.
[Read more…]In our previous post we showed you some of the hull designs we had for both Syntis and Mankind.
While the feedback we had from our community was positive, there did seem to be a consensus that the hull style for Mankind was a bit off (mostly related to the red-ish colour scheme).
Accordingly, we passed this feedback on to our design team and put them back to work!
In the below images we wanted to show you a couple of updated hull designs for Mankind. Neither of these ships were revealed in the previous post, but the other Mankind ships from that page are also getting a similar design update.
Let us know what you think in the comments below 🙂
The design for this ship remained relatively unchanged, mainly the new colour scheme has been implemented. This ship has already been imported in to the game, so we’ll bring you video of it in action soon.
Did you see one of our new ships on the cover image of our Facebook page? It belongs to the Syntis – keep reading to find out more…
We’ve also got some other ships to show you. Another from the Syntis and a few for Mankind. Some 2D conceptual drawings, through to the finished 3D model that you’ll be able to take command of in the game!
First up, we have a Defender Class and a Neutralizer Class from the Syntis.
The Syntis use a practical naming system for their ships, rather than the more grandiose labels a civilization like Mankind would use. A Syntis Neutralizer is the equivalent of what Mankind would call a Destroyer.
Hey everyone, following on from our recent battles screenshots post we had a lot of requests for some video which we’re pleased to have here for you finally!
The previous battles post explained how battles will work, so if you haven’t a chance yet to read that post you can find it here.
In the following videos you’ll see lasers, rockets, beam weapons, and even a swarm of fighters at work! If you’re short on time, make sure you at least watch the last video at the bottom of this article!
If you like what you see please let us know in the comments below. There are also a few battle/weapons related Trello cards on our feature board where you can join in the discussion and help shape the development of Beyond Dark.
When Beta launches, you’ll be able to choose from four civilizations to play (eventually twelve). In development, we’ve already been working on two of these: Mankind and the Syntis, so they will be ready for Beta. We recently put up a post here on the Syntis and will do the same for Mankind soon.
But we need to decide the other two civilizations to have ready for Beta – which we thought we’d leave up to you guys!
[Read more…]Hi everyone, we’ve had a lot of requests for more info on battles, so we’re pleased to be able to give you some sneak preview screenshots from our early testing – a taste of what’s to come…
Our developers have been working on the core battle engine, shields, lasers, and some pretty awesome rocket launchers! We’re very excited with the progress so far, and are looking forward to getting some videos out to you soon.
In this scenario a battle has broken out between a frigate and a fleet of four smaller ships. The combatants exchange laser and rocket fire, before the action eventually comes to an explosive conclusion!
Hi everyone, just a quick update to let you all know that after a brief stint on Greenlight, we’ve been Greenlit!
A huge thanks to all of you that visited our Greenlight page and voted for us. Your support has been very much appreciated!
[Read more…]In Beyond Dark, there will be 12 different civilizations from which you can choose to play. The civilizations are highly distinctive from each other, with their individual characteristics resulting in both strengths and weaknesses relative to the other civilizations.
Both the appearance and specification of your empire’s ships, technology, buildings, etc. will all be determined by your choice of civilization. But through either trade or treachery, you will also be able to add native technology from another civilization to your own empire!
In this post, we’re going to introduce you to the Syntis, a highly advanced, non-organic species of autonomous robots.
Hey everyone, you may have already seen, but we have recently launched our campaign to get pre-approved on Steam via their Greenlight process! If you haven’t yet seen our page, be sure to do so to check out our new preview trailer.
For anyone that doesn’t know, Greenlight is Valve’s way of determining which games should be accepted for release on the Steam store. Once Greenlit, developers are free to release their game on Steam as soon as they are ready.
We stated a while ago Beyond Dark would be available on Steam, and so wanted to get it pre-approved on there, to avoid any possible delays when the time for release comes. Some games never get Greenlit, while for others it can take a number of months, so fingers crossed it doesn’t take too long!
Please note that we do plan to make the full release of Beyond Dark available outside of Steam – including directly from us. The Beta software though, when released, will be available exclusively from us (we’ll let everyone know when this will be when we can).
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